'I will make you very famous': Cabby loses job after filming drunk passenger who didn't pay fare


A video shared on Facebook shows the passenger apparently in an intoxicated state. The taxi driver repeatedly says to her while both are outside the vehicle: "Do you want to pay the taxi fare? I will make you very famous."PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM FACEBOOK/SGCHINESECLUB.

SINGAPORE (ANN): Transport operator ComfortDelGro has ended the contract of a taxi driver who filmed a drunk passenger because he wanted to shame her after she did not pay her cab fare.

In a statement on Monday (July 15), ComfortDelGro's group chief corporate communications officer Tammy Tan said that the way the driver handled the incident was unacceptable and that the company has terminated his hiring contract.

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